Sextus Empiricus Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes 1.19.189

[189] Some of the Sceptics, however, in place of the ‟Not” adopt the form ”(For) what this more than that,” taking the ‟what” to denote, in this case, cause, so that the meaning is ‟For what reason this more than that?” ¹ And it is a common practice to use questions instead of assertions, as for example—‟The bride of Zeus, what mortal knows her not?” ² And also assertions in the place of questions; for instance —‟I am inquiring where Dion lives,” and ‟I ask you what reason there is for showing surprise at a poet.” And further, the use of ‟What” instead of ‟For what reason” is found in Menander, ³ ‟(For) what was I left behind?”